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finocchio.

A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ/Received-Pronunciation/fɪˈnəʊkɪəʊ/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).

  2. A gay man.

    derogatory · slang
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian finocchio (“fennel; (derogatory) male homosexual”). Doublet of fennel and finook.

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